Manuscript on parchment of 1) Le Debat du Faucon et du Levrier. G. Holmer believes that Beinecke MS 465 is the only manuscript to preserve the complete Latin text which was later translated into French by Robert du Herlin, Secretary of King Louis XI. 2) Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Epistola de gubernatione rei familiaris
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in fine upright batarde script., 3- to 2-line spaces for decorative initials unfilled., Lower margin chewed by rodent; parchment stained throughout; no loss of text., and Binding: Ninteenth century (after 1881). Dark brown goatskin, gold-tooled with medallion of falcon on upper cover. Bound by Riviere and Son (London, 1881-1939).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and France
Subject (Topic):
Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government